Photographer’s Note
Sangatte is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department on the northern coast of France on the English Channel. Like many place names in French Flanders, the name is of Flemish (Dutch) origin (Zandgat) and means "gap in the sand".
On the 25th July 1909, Louis Blériot was the first to fly across the English Channel, from the beach at Sangatte, to claim the prize offered by the Daily Mail. The crossing took 37 minutes in his aeroplane, Blériot XI, built in collaboration with Raymond Saulnier. It was powered by a 3 cylinder 25 horsepower (19 kW) engine.
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Copyright: George Pomorski (germanus)
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(502) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2009-08-17
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ 28
- Exposure: f/3.0, 1/640 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Travelogue: Germanus in Europe 2009
- Theme(s): Germanus in France and Monaco., Beaches and Cliffs by Germanus [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2009-09-22 13:13
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